Quality over quantity: Helldivers 2 team slows down patch release cycle

Helldivers 2 fans left scratching their heads after Arrowhead had missed the standard weekly patch release last Tuesday were finally given answers on June 1, with the dev team revealing a slowdown in the frequency of updates going forward and a focus on getting things right the first time.

In a statement on the game’s official Discord server, Arrowhead Game Studios detailed future plans for patch rollout, confirming what most fans had already noticed—there will now be a gap between content releases. “We’ve slowed down our cadence for patches,” the devs stated, adding the extra time will be spent on ironing out each update to “provide a higher quality standard and reduce the pressure on our teams.”